Colby Kaneshiro '15 Recruiting Profile

I have grown up playing sports my entire life.  I enjoy playing and watching all sports, but at an early age narrowed the sports I participated in to baseball and basketball.  Being able to play these sports has had many benefits for me.  I have made a countless number of friends, been able to travel to many great places and learned a lot about sportsmanship and competition.  When I was younger, my goal was to play both basketball and baseball at a high level in high school.  Now that I have achieved this goal, I now realize that I would like to extend this goal and play baseball at the collegiate level.

From a very young age, my parents have taught me that my education will always be my main priority, as it will be my biggest asset as I grow up.  So my aspiration is to continue to play both sports at a very high level, while continuing to maintain a high GPA.  I am not 100% sure what career choice I will make right now, but I am leaning towards engineering or pharmaceutical studies.  In either case, I know that if I continue to work hard with both my school work and athletics, I will have many opportunities to choose from.  I feel as though I am on the correct path.  Please see below for a list of some of my high school accomplishments so far.

Overall GPA 4.14

Current class ranking – 44 of 484

Finished junior season batting .373 (.448 OBP)

Named to Foothill All League team (Despite missing first 40% of season with ankle injury)

Second on team in batting average (ninth in league) - fewest strike outs (ratio) 5 in 58 plate appearances 

Started on varsity baseball team as a sophomore.

Made “All League” Honorable Mention while playing out of position (first base)

Lead team in RBIs

Second Fewest Strikeouts on Team (9 in 83 appearances)

4 game tying or go ahead hits

Batted .476 in four showcase tournaments from June to Sept 2013 (Nationals in AZ, Phil Singer in San Diego, Blue/Grey in AZ and Under Armour at Azusa Pacific)

Freshmen Foothill League Champions 2012 (batted .560)

Freshmen Basketball 2011 MVP (Team undefeated)

JV Basketball 2012 MVP (Team undefeated)

Varsity Basketball Team Member 2013